This project is off to an interesting start. I discussed the shape of my sculpture with Mrs. Mosley some more and decided that I do indeed want to have an organic shape in clay with a cutout of India somewhere. If I do it at the top, then it will have the look of being a cracked egg until someone realizes otherwise. If I have the India carved into the side, then I am planning on sketching in other country’s very lightly and playing with underglazes in order to make it into something like a globe. Instead of using the wheel, I’m going to work my clay piece up into the round shape that I want it without using coils because I want the unfinished feeling that ‘the world isn’t perfect.’ I also plan on having wires coming out my my piece and connecting them to other countries to make it seem like flights. The content behind this is that all 3rd world countries are seemingly small and weak, but they support each other and are united in more ways than they like to admit. So, far I have only begun to work the clay and I admit that it isn’t easy. I’m going to work on it a lot more during break and I need to find a way to keep the moisture inside it so that it is still workable :).
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MM
3/31/2019 08:52:26 am
Pictures! You've made progress with the clay - show us!!! You can also show us the sketches to establish where you are going with the clay. It is not going to be "easy" but it should be a fun process - I think you'll have a lot of control over the form by using clay, although I know clay can be tricky.
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